What are the symptoms of white matter lesions in children?

White matter lesions have a great impact on the patient's body, so when you find symptoms similar to white matter lesions, you must go to the hospital for examination and diagnosis. White matter lesions will not only make the patient's behavior abnormal but also make the patient's hearing and intelligence become relatively low, so the earlier the treatment is discovered, the better.

1. Children sometimes have symptoms of mild white matter lesions such as mental retardation, epilepsy, abnormal behavior and hearing impairment. Regardless of the type and degree of white matter lesions, they will have serious impacts on patients.

2. Normal children can actively reach out and touch objects with both hands when they are 4 to 5 months old, but children with mild white matter lesions have very little upper limb activity. Abnormal muscle tone is also a specific symptom of mild white matter lesions: children with white matter lesions have lower or higher tension than normal children. Motor lag and reduced active movement: Normal children can lift their heads when lying prone and kick their legs when lying supine at 3 months old, but children with white matter lesions rarely have these movements.

3. Common symptoms of white matter lesions include abnormal reflexes: When a normal child suddenly lowers his head, he will have a hugging reflex (like a startled expression), which usually disappears after 6 months, but not in children with white matter lesions. There are various other reflex abnormalities. Abnormal posture: Children with white matter lesions often have their heads tilted back, fall backward when sitting at 6 months old, squeeze their legs together, and have difficulty in changing diapers.